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Harvested healthy carrot laying next to a pencil showing how large it is.
The Coastal Gardener : Article

A Gardening Project for the Bored Gardener

February 20, 2021
By Sherida J Phibbs
Several years ago, I tried growing carrots in my garden, and found them to be very tasty, and rewarding to grow in the home garden. While a bag of carrots at the grocery store is relatively cheap, the flavor of home grown just cannot be beat.
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Geese in Alfalfa-Sacramento Valley CA
Alfalfa & Forage News: Article

Unwelcome Grazers: Geese Sweep in and Strip Alfalfa and Grain Fields Bare

February 20, 2021
By Daniel Putnam
Growers frequently celebrate the presence of wildlife in their alfalfa and grain fields, providing valuable habitat as well as economic returns. But sometimes it's just too much of a good thing. Snow geese and Ross's geese foraging in alfalfa hay in the Sacramento Valley, 2021.
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Booker T. Whatley, 1915-2005, Botanist and creator of CSA concept. (youtube.com)

Black History Month in the Garden.

February 20, 2021
By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County February is Black History Month, and I realized that I knew virtually nothing about the contributions of Black people to how we garden.
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The line-up on Saturday, Feb. 20 for the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Month live talks. (Screen shot)
Bug Squad: Article

UC Davis to Celebrate 'Bio Day' on Saturday, Feb. 20

February 19, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's "Bio Day" on Saturday, Feb. 20 at the University of California, Davis. That's when UC Davis will celebrate the "bio" (life) in both biodiversity and biochemistry with special events open to the public.
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Postdoctoral scholar Jessica Kansman of Pennsylvania State University will speak on "To Be an Aphid in a Cruel World" at the Feb. 24th seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. This image shows a winged aphid. (Courtesy of Jessica Kansman)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Jessica Kansman: 'To Be an Aphid in a Cruel World'

February 19, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"To Be an Aphid in a Cruel World: How Abiotic and Biotic Stressors Influence Plant-Insect Interactions." That's the title of a virtual seminar to be presented Wednesday, Feb.
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ANR Employee News: Article

UC Learning Center adds UC ANR domain

February 19, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The UC Learning Center is the web-based Learning Management System (LMS) tool used across the University of California. Over the years, UC ANR employees have used multiple campuses to access the UC Learning Center, making it difficult for UC ANR to track and create our own training materials.
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